I’m pro-choice, and I will be voting against this private member’s bill’ trying to ban sex-selective abortions, said Erin O’Toole.
The original article has been updated to include a comment on the 1990 Conservative government’s infamous Bill C-43.
ONTARIO, April 15, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), Erin O’Toole, said Monday that he would be voting against a bill being debated in parliament which would ban abortions based solely on a baby’s sex.
“As you know I’m pro-choice, and I will be voting against this private member’s bill. I will always as prime minister defend the rights — the human rights — of all Canadians to make this decision for themselves. I’ve been crystal clear on that and will be as prime minister,” said O’Toole.
O’Toole made the comments at a press conference in response to a question regarding CPC Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall’s Bill C-233, which would make it illegal for any doctor in Canada to knowingly conduct an abortion merely because of the sex of the unborn baby.
Wagantall introduced Bill C-233, known as the “Sex-selective Abortion Act,” in February of 2020, saying that “sex-selective abortion is not permissible in a society that advocates for the equality of the sexes.”
“Sex-selective abortion is happening in Canada and because we have no law against it,” said Wagantall during a press conference on Monday. “Above all, I’m bringing this bill forward in defense of pre-born Canadian girls and boys who are aborted simply due to their sex.”
Wagantall said that “sex-selective abortion is a persistent and overlooked form of gender inequality” which deserves “urgent attention and a concerted legislative response.”
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